United States of America -- New York -- Nassau County -- North Hempstead -- Great Neck
Date:
[1930?]
Biographical / Historical:
Formerly called Martin Hall for owner James E. Martin, then after 1930 called Preston Hall when owned by Preston Pope Satterwhite.
General:
One duplicate of this photograph is in the file. The photograph is marked "Lower Garden".
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United States of America -- New York -- Nassau County -- Lake Success
Date:
circa 1920-1930
Collection Restrictions:
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The Walled Garden at Waveny Park (New Canaan, Connecticut)
United States of America -- Connecticut -- Fairfield County -- New Canaan
Date:
1999
General:
In 1904, Lewis Lapham bought the property and added 170 acres. Tudor mansion, "Waveny," was designed by W. B. Tubby. The gardens were designed by the Frederick Law Olmstead firm. In 1967, this 350 acre parcel of land was deeded to the Town of New Canaan for the future use of its residents.
Rose Garden: Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., originally designed the walled garden as a rose garden with tea house. The walled garden fell into disrepair. Major repairs to brick walls, roofing, treillage, tea house, and a brick path in this garden were completed in October, 1995. For practical reasons, the central space--formerly filled with roses--was newly designed to be a low maintenance garden around the perimeter. Benches, fountain, tea house, and urns were reconstructed according to Olmstead plans. Restoration was made possible by private donations and by the New Canaan Garden Club. The garden is currently used for weddings, receptions, concerts, and other ceremonies
Persons and firms associated with the garden and property include: Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Lapham (former owner, 1904-1967); Town of New Canaan (owner, 1967-present); and Olmsted Brothers Landscape Architects (landscape architects, ?-1917); and William B. Tubby (architect).
Collection Restrictions:
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Once owned by Johns Hopkins and considered to be his 'suburban' estate. The estate was later donated to Johns Hopkins University for a campus site which was never built. The property subsequently became a public park called Clifton Park.
Collection Restrictions:
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United States of America -- North Carolina -- Buncombe County -- Asheville
Biltmore Estate (Asheville, North Carolina)
General:
001: Entrance to Biltmore House Court. Postcard circa 1901-1945.
002: Postcard circa 1901-1945.
003: Postcard circa 1915-1930.
004: AC-12 A Glimpse of Flower and Shrubbery Gardens in Biltmore Estate, Asheville, N. C. Postcard circa 1915-1930.
005: Biltmore House, In the Land of the Sky. Postcard circa 1901-1945.
006: Biltmore House, Biltmore, N. C. Postcard circa 1901-1945.
007: Postcard circa 1915-1930.
"Biltmore" is a combination of "Bildt", name of Dutch Village where family originated and the old English "more" meaning "rolling hills."
Collection Restrictions:
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Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Richard Marchand historical postcard collection.
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1 Photographic print ((mounted on cardboard), black and white, mount 8.5 x 10.5 in.)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Place:
Florida
Date:
01/13/1922
Collection Restrictions:
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1 Photographic print ((mounted on cardboard), black and white, mount 8.5 x 10.5 in.)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Place:
United States of America -- Maryland -- Baltimore
Charlcote (Baltimore, Maryland)
Date:
10/15/1924
Collection Restrictions:
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1 Photographic print ((mounted on cardboard), black and white, mount 8.5 x 10.5 in.)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Place:
Charlcote (Baltimore, Maryland)
United States of America -- Maryland -- Baltimore
Date:
10/15/1924
Collection Restrictions:
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1 Slides (photographs) (glass lantern, black-and-white, 3 x 5 in.)
Type:
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Place:
United States of America -- Massachusetts -- Suffolk County -- Boston -- Jamaica Plain
Date:
circa 1900-1930
General note:
Established in 1872 and named for 1st benefactor, James Arnold. It is the oldest arboretum in North America, intended for both university and public use.
Collection Restrictions:
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1 Slides (photographs) (glass lantern, black-and-white, 3 x 5 in.)
Type:
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Place:
United States of America -- Massachusetts -- Suffolk County -- Boston -- Jamaica Plain
Date:
circa 1900-1930
Collection Restrictions:
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1 Photographic print ((mounted on cardboard), black and white, mount 8.5 x 10.5 in.)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Place:
United States of America -- Massachusetts -- Norfolk County -- Brookline
Date:
05/29/1931
General note:
See AAG Image # MA044115 for glass lantern slide version of this image.
Collection Restrictions:
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1 Slides (photographs) (glass lantern, col., 3 x 5 in.)
Type:
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Place:
United States of America -- Massachusetts -- Norfolk County -- Brookline
Date:
05/29/1931
General note:
See AAG Image # MA044114 for black and white print version of this image.
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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1 Photographic print ((mounted on cardboard), black and white, mount 8.5 x 10.5 in.)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Place:
United States of America -- Massachusetts -- Norfolk County -- Brookline
Date:
05/28/1929
General note:
See AAG Image # MA044117 for glass lantern slide version (reversed) of this image.
Charles Sprague was a lawyer but interested in politics and owner of the elaborate house and gardens of Faulkner Farms. The twenty acre property which once was owned by Charles Faulkner, named the farm after him. In 1893, the Spragues retained architect Herbert Brown of the Boston firm, Little, Brown and Moore. Sprague also asked Fredrick Law Olmsted's son John to site the house and driveway. The relationship between the client, architect and landscape architect were difficult.
In 1895, Charles Eliot of the Olmsted office was in charge of the Faulkner Farm job. Sprague was looking for a formally planted area with the preservation of agricultural lowland. Dissatisfied with the Olmsted firm, they had met Charles A. Pratt. Platt designed an Italian garden and a series of terraces to the farmland below. At the north and south are terraces that lead into a formal garden with brick walls, pergola and loggias. There are also ornamental wellheads, sculptures and topiary in terra cotta planters.
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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1 Slides (photographs) (glass lantern, col., 3 x 5 in.)
Type:
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Place:
United States of America -- Massachusetts -- Norfolk County -- Brookline
Date:
05/28/1929
General note:
See AAG Image # MA044116 for black and white print version of this image. (Glass lantern slide view is reversed.)
Charles Sprague was a lawyer but interested in politics and owner of the elaborate house and gardens of Faulkner Farms. The twenty acre property which once was owned by Charles Faulkner, named the farm after him. In 1893, the Spragues retained architect Herbert Brown of the Boston firm, Little, Brown and Moore. Sprague also asked Fredrick Law Olmsted's son John to site the house and driveway. The relationship between the client, architect and landscape architect were difficult.
In 1895, Charles Eliot of the Olmsted office was in charge of the Faulkner Farm job. Sprague was looking for a formally planted area with the preservation of agricultural lowland. Dissatisfied with the Olmsted firm, they had met Charles A. Pratt. Platt designed an Italian garden and a series of terraces to the farmland below. At the north and south are terraces that lead into a formal garden with brick walls, pergola and loggias. There are also ornamental wellheads, sculptures and topiary in terra cotta planters.
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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United States of America -- Illinois -- Lake County -- Lake Forest
Varying Form:
Also known as the E. A. Hamill Residence.
General:
Postcard circa 1907-1950.
Collection Restrictions:
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Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Richard Marchand historical postcard collection.
Sponsor:
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United States of America -- New Jersey -- Warren County -- Allamuchy
General:
001: Residence of Winthrop Rutherford, Allamuchy, N. J. Postcard circa 1901-1915.
002: General View showing Residence of W. Rutherford, Allamuchy, near Hackettstown, N. J. Postcard circa 1901-1915.
Collection Restrictions:
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Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, Richard Marchand historical postcard collection.
Sponsor:
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United States of America -- Rhode Island -- Newport County -- Newport
Varying Forms:
Also known as Arthur Curtiss James Estate.
General:
001: The Blue Gardens, Arthur Curtis James Estate, Newport, R. I. 123668. Postcard circa 1915-1930.
002: Blue Garden, Arthur Curtis James Estate, Newport, R. I. 102505. Postcard circa 1915-1930.
003: Boat Landing of Commodore James Estate and Marion Eppley Estate, Newport, R. I. 34726. Postcard circa 1915-1930.
004: Residence of Arthur Curtis James, Newport, R. I. OA4816. Postcard circa 1915-1930.
005: Residence of Commodore James. Newport, R. I. Postcard circa 1901-1945.
006: Blue Garden Newport, R. I. Postcard circa 1901-1945.
007: Swiss Village, Commodore James Estate, Newport, R. I. 26632. Postcard circa 1915-1930.
008: Exit to the Swiss Village, Newport, R. I. 23761. Postcard circa 1915-1930.
009: A Corner of Swiss Village of James Estate, Newport, R. I. Postcard circa 1901-1945.
011: Residence of Commodore James, Newport, R. I. Postcard circa 1901-1935.
"There is an austere elegance about a green garden; pink or yellow or red are frivolous except as accents, but the garden that appeals to the romantic, universal soul is the blue garden. That is why the Blue Garden of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Curtiss James was the ultimate goal of so many Newport Pilgrims. A very stately garden it is with the iridescent quality which blue flowers that really are mauve and purple and grayish, rather than true, sharp blue, impart. Its irregular symmetry makes it difficult to describe without a ground plan. At the two far distant ends are colonnades with gray rocks and irregular green plantations beyond, and the lower end is a circle of matchless turf whose boundary is rock and shrubs. The upper part is a circle, too, formed by a rustic lattice of slender split branches over which grow Clematis Jackmanii, mauve Sweet-peas and other charming creepers, backed by Cedars and Pines. In the center are two pools fed by water that trickles from beneath the colonnade."
"A thousand foot rose garden was blasted out of granite rock. A long grass allee originated by the reflecting pool, was planted with 5,000 roses of many varieties. The allee ascended several levels of stone walls and steps and climaxed under a high granite cliff, where a splendid stone and ironwork balustrade and imposing pergola were located. Mr. James died in 1942, all the roses were dug and sold and nature moved in to sow her seeds."
After Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Curtiss James's deaths, the gardens, with their pergolas, pools, and walls, fell into disrepair, ravaged by time and invasive trees and shrubs. The estate was subdivided into 3.25-acre parcels in the 1970s, and sold by developers as single home sites—with the remnants of the Blue Garden on one of the sites. Through the generosity of Dorrance H. Hamilton, a Newport summer resident, philanthropist, and garden enthusiast, the Blue Garden was rescued from its demise and rebuilt in 2014. A team, led by Parker Construction, Reed Hilderbrand Landscape Architects, and Arleyn A. Levee, Olmsted Historian, restored the garden to its former glory, using as reference original Olmsted plans, drawings, photographs, and correspondence from the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, the Library of Congress, the Archives of American Gardens, and the Redwood Library, among other repositories. As the name suggests, the Blue Garden incorporates a palette of blues early in the season and transitions to lavender blues and purples, with touches of white, as the summer progresses. Over 250 evergreen trees and flowering shrubs enclose the garden, and contribute to its designation as an arboretum. The Blue Garden is known today as a classic example of American landscape art and a triumph of historic preservation. The garden is open for tours on Thursdays from mid-June through early October. Photographs of the restoration and information are available at thebluegarden.org.
Persons associated with the property include: Arthur Curtiss James (former owner, 1909-1940); Olmsted Brothers (landscape architects); John Greatorex (superintendent of grounds and landscape gardener); Harriet R. Foote (garden designer and rosarian); Peckham Brothers (contractors for rose garden); Hempstead of Boston (landscape contractors/superintendent); Edward Van Altena (lantern slide maker).
Collection Restrictions:
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Sponsor:
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United States of America -- Wisconsin -- Walworth County -- Lake Geneva
General:
Postcard circa 1907-1915.
Beauty without boundaries is the guiding principle for the more than 50 acre vacation estate. Since it was identified as one of the most beautiful country houses by Ladies Home Journal in 1912 and had gardens landscaped by John Charles Olmsted in 1905, the owners chose to restore rather than renovate when they purchased the property in 1971. The wooded shore of Lake Geneva with rockwork retaining walls transitions into an ornamentally landscaped estate. Drifts of hydrangea, hosta and buckeye at the gated entrance are succeeded by the original concrete driveway through woodland gardens with sugar maple, red oak, white oak, linden, boxwood, ground covers and perennial flowers that include daylilies, bleeding heart, phlox, and rugose roses. The formal drive circle at the house has a fountain in the center and a perimeter of flowering shrubs and variegated ivy topiaries. A grass terrace facing the lake features a rustic planted stone staircase. White roses and hydrangea are accented by a bell placed on an old tree stump. The children's garden has containers of vegetables, fruits, flowers and herbs with rustic wattle arches and furniture.
An enclosed courtyard for the swimming pool between the main house and guest house has clipped yew hedges, ground covers and perennials, trumpet, clematis and wisteria vines, and potted citrus trees. Near stands of mature trees planted more than 100 years ago there is a grotto, a mound of soil and stones topped by a statue with a stone bench nearby. One lawn is kept sculpted into a labyrinth. There is a mineral spring on the property, which is said to be restorative, that flows into a fieldstone basin surrounded by a planted rockwork wall. The other formal gardens include a rose garden planted in parterres and enclosed by espaliered apple trees and an organic potager with vegetable, herb and cutting flower beds laid out geometrically on either side of a wide path of stabilized degenerate granite with more espaliered fruit trees on the surrounding wire fence and covering a pergola.
Renovations were required for a family member with disablilites, including widened and level walkways with very gradual inclines, smooth stone patios and terraces with narrow joints, benches placed where there are good views of the lake, access to the house and swimming pool, and an elevator to the second floor inside the house. Trees in the woodland gardens were replaced as needed and tagged for future reference.
Persons associated with the garden include: Mr. and Mrs. Adolphus Clay Bartlett (former owners, 1905-1930); Colonel and Mrs. William Marvin Spencer (former owners, 1930-1971); John Charles Olmsted (landscape architect, 1905); Howard Van Doren Shaw (architect, 1905); Bartlett Tree Experts (arborists, 2011); Mariani Landscape (landscape architect, 1980- ).
The property was featured in "Ladies Home Journal" in 1909 when it was selected as one of the the twelve most beautiful homes in America.
Collection Restrictions:
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Sponsor:
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United States of America -- Indiana -- Marion County -- Indianapolis
Date:
06/01/1996
General:
The Indianapolis Museum of Art has several pavilions and a civic theater located in the Showalter Pavilion. The 150 acres was the estate of J. K. Lilly called Oldfields. In 1909, the advice of George McDougall, a Scottish Landscape Architect helped plan the border plantings, building sites and road- ways. Hugh McK. Landon selected a site overlooking the canal. The mansion was built in the style of a French chateau and was completed in 1914. Color print - 4" x 6".
Collection Restrictions:
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United States of America -- Indiana -- Marion County -- Indianapolis
Date:
06/01/1996
General:
The Indianapolis Museum of Art has several pavilions and a civic theater located in the Showalter Pavilion. The 150 acres was the estate of J. K. Lilly called Oldfields. In 1909, the advice of George McDougall, a Scottish Landscape Architect helped plan the border plantings, building sites and road- ways. Hugh McK. Landon selected a site overlooking the canal. The mansion was built in the style of a French chateau and was completed in 1914. Tiered fountain. Color print - 4" x 6".
Collection Restrictions:
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